Standards for Learning

Content Standards

Grade 1 - Language Arts

• 1.1.1 Match oral words to printed words.
• 1.1.15 Read aloud smoothly and easily in familiar text.
• 1.3.1 Identify and describe the plot, setting, and character(s) in a story. Retell a story's beginning, middle, and ending.
• 1.5.1 Write brief narratives (stories) describing an experience.
• 1.6.1 Print legibly and space letters, words, and sentences appropriately.
• 1.6.2 Write in complete sentences.
• 1.6.6 Correctly use periods, exclamation points, and question marks at the end of sentences.
• 1.6.7 Capitalize the first word of a sentence, names of people, and the pronoun I.
• 1.6.8 Spell correctly three- and four- letter words and grade-level-appropriate sight words.
• 1.7.1 Listen attentively.
• 1.7.10 Use visual aids, such as pictures and objects, to present oral information.

Grade 7 - Language Arts

• 7.1.3 Clarify word meanings though the use of definition, example, restatement, or through the use of contrast stated in the text.
• 7.3.3 Analyze characterization as shown through a character's thoughts, words, speech patterns, and actions; the narrator's description; and the thoughts, words, and actions of other characters.
• 7.3.8 Analyze the influence of the setting on the problem and its resolution.
• 7.4.5 Identify topics; ask and evaluate questions; and develop ideas leading to inquiry, investigation, and research.
• 7.4.7 Use a computer to create documents by using word-processing skills and publishing programs; develop simple databases and spreadsheets to manage information and prepare reports.
• 7.5.2 Write responses to literature that:
  • develop interpretations that show careful reading, understanding, and insight.
  • organize interpretations around several clear ideas, premises, or images from the literary work.
  • support statements with evidence from the text.
• 7.5.3 Write or deliver a research report that has been developed using a systematic research process (defines a topic, gathers information, determines credibility, reports findings) and that:
  • uses information from a variety of sources (books, technology, multimedia) and documents sources independently by using a consistent format for citations.
  • demonstrates that information that has been gathered has been summarized and the the topic has been refined through this process.
  • demonstrates that sources have been evaluated for accuracy, bias, and credibility.
  • organizes information by categorizing and sequencing, and demonstrates the distinction between one's own ideas from the ideas of others, and includes a bibliography (Works Cited).
• 7.7.10 Deliver research presentations that:
  • pose relevant and concise questions about the topic.
  • provide accurate information on the topic.
  • include evidence generated through the formal research process, including the use of a card catalog, Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, computer databases, magazines, newspapers, and dictionaries.
  • cite reference sources appropriately.

21st Century Standards

• 1.2.3 Demonstrate creativity by using multiple resources and formats.
• 2.3.1 Connect understanding to the real world.
• 3.1.4 Use technology and information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use, and assess.
• 4.3.1 Participate in the social exchange, both electronically and in person.